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Topological Classical Wave Systems With Modulations, Interactions, And Higher-Order Topological States, Mengyao Li
Topological Classical Wave Systems With Modulations, Interactions, And Higher-Order Topological States, Mengyao Li
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Topological phases in classical wave systems, such as photonic and acoustic, have been actively investigated and applied for wave guiding, lasing, and numerous other novel phenomena and device applications Topological phase transitions enable robust boundary states, and the field has been broadening recently into a vast variety of systems with temporal modulations and interactions. Floquet modulation, for example, is the modulation applied periodically in time which may break symmetries and leads to novel topological phases.
Introducing non-Hermitian Floquet modulation enables more interesting phenomena including bandgap in imaginary part of the spectrum and gainy/lossy topological edge states with complex energy values. …
Quantum Optics Of Polaritonic Nanocomposites, Chris Racknor
Quantum Optics Of Polaritonic Nanocomposites, Chris Racknor
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
In this thesis, we study the quantum optical interaction in polaritonic nanocomposites. These systems are made by the combination of two or more micro- or nano-scale structures with complementary optical properties, such as polaritonic materials, excitonic materials, photonic crystals (PCs), quantum dots (QDs), waveguides, couplers, metal nanorods (MNRs), bionanoparticles. The nanocomposites systems studied included QDs doped within a polaritonic PC, an excitonic waveguide coupler, and a metamaterial waveguide. Also addressed are systems consisting of MNRs paired with biological labelling dye or QDs.
The application of a strain field, known as the acousto-optic effect, was found to control photon transmission in …
The Study Of Optoelectronics In Semiconductor And Metallic Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems, Daniel G. Schindel
The Study Of Optoelectronics In Semiconductor And Metallic Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems, Daniel G. Schindel
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis examines optoelectronics of photonic crystals and photonic nanofibers, especially with quantum dots and metallic nanoparticles doped into them. The simulations produced focus on the quantum dots, which are presented in an ensemble of 3-level systems.
In order to consider a photonic nanofiber in isolation, a model was developed for the density of photonic states. We studied two profiles, a square cross-section and a circular cross-section. In addition, we consider two architectures, one where a photonic crystal surrounds a dielectric fiber, and one where the fiber is another photonic crystal. We found several photonic nanofibers with a single bound …